WHAT IN THE WORLD? 🎵 Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" Reaction

Thanks for checking out our Crash Test Dummies reaction. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm is probably one of the oddest songs we've ever listened to. It's just so different.
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[@gabrielplattes6253]

It is about the difficulties that children face over judgements of circumstances beyond their control. This song is fire... They paint a powerful picture with surgical precise strokes. Note that they do not judge those that are ignorant, - they merely highlight the ignorance, and let the listener ponder.

[@ChiTownGirl640]

Great comment 👍

[@gabrielplattes6253]

@@ChiTownGirl640 🙏😄

[@Ugo2sleep]

Spot on, exellent comment.

[@pandersodlands6081]

Well said!

[@human911]

Nailed it Gabriel.. thanks for sharing your spin!👍

[@ScottGibbs]

One of the biggest oddities of the 90s, but believe it or not it was a huge hit.

[@jmag579]

I know! I was a teenager when this came out and this song was like the biggest wtf mindfuck 😆

[@mnomadvfx]

Odd stuff often becomes a hit because it stands out against the mountains of dross.

[@adgato75]

@@mnomadvfx Dross. Good word. Well put.

[@elbruces]

I'm the 90s we just wanted to hear anything that sounded original.

[@latenightlogic]

‘But’ It’s pretty obvious why it was huge… it’s fucking gorgeous. That outro alone makes the hair on your arms stand up.

[@swartwoodart2558]

It's about being an outcast through no fault of you own. One kid's hair turns white, one kid has birthmarks, one has "holy roller" parents. All are "weirdos" and all have no control over it.

[@giorgioclavelli1757]

This masterpiece IMHO is not just the lyrics but the musical composition, rithm, harmonies, etc. which are sublime

[@clebo99]

Still one of the prettiest songs ever. Just an unrated song.

[@Celestialspirit1]

Those harmonies they did sound very ethereal

[@lorendigiorgi]

The “Ah’s” near the end.

[@matthewmurphy4123]

Naw, Sublime is a different band...

[@randomguy-z2l]

They always talk about hair changing colors its weird. The lyrics seem simple to me. Idk I'm into prog so there's that

[@annaoswald5943]

Lex's imagination is fascinating. Eddie Vedder/Johnny Cash, having a baby or if they merged their superpowers. I can totally hear what she is talking about.

[@davenunyabusiness4893]

They really need to start listening to some Weird Al. Its going to RULE! EDIT: How the heck have you done so many reactions but not 1 Weird Al reaction?!

[@lonnieschlenker5206]

Lex is straight up awesome

[@jamesfetcho6315]

That was a great observation. Now I can't stop thinking about Vedder, and Cashs voice.

[@johnalbert9938]

Nailed it! 😁

[@raymondrochajr9621]

The baby's name would be Vedder Cash! Lol

[@afternoondelight-i7h]

This was a huge hit precisely because of its originality. The song is about difference and our different perceptions of it.

[@DaRozeman]

Kind of an Anti-Bully song.

[@bobsonian]

This is a comment on the original video from Gress Fes This song tells the story of three children whose strange experiences seem normal to them. Each verse is centered around one of these children, each of whom was based on someone lead singer Brad Roberts knew, or on his own personal experience. Roberts, who wrote the song, broke it down in a Songfacts interview. We'll start with the first verse, about a kid whose hair turned white after getting in an accident. Said Roberts: "The child in the first verse, that story came from a combination of events. I was in a couple of bad car accidents when I was a little kid, so I was fascinated by them in kind of a distanced way by the time I wrote the song. But they made an impression on me. And I had heard a story about a guy who was also in an accident, only in this case, on a boat that was in Niagara Falls. The boat was going towards the Falls, so the people could see it as closely as they could, and then it turns away. Now, you have to turn away before you get carried off over the Falls! This guy made a miscalculation, and it looked like they were going to not make it back, and he realized, 'F--k... I'm going to die!' It turned out that the boat did not go over the edge, and he was able to get back. But his hair turned from black into bright white. His whole head. And since then - although this didn't inspire the song - I heard other cases of that happening, including my great uncle, who was dug in on an island near Japan during World War II and spent a night entrenched, listening to the Japanese crying out in their broken English what they would do to him when they caught him. And he was terrified. In his case, just a portion of his hair turned white. So anyway, that's where that came from, in the first verse. But the idea was this kid had something that made him stand out. And of course, when you're a little kid, if you're different, it's a problem. I don't know what it's like now, but when I was a little kid, anything that made you different made you a target: a target for abuse, a target for bullying, a target for humiliation. And that's the case with the kid whose hair turned bright white." The second verse is about a girl with "birthmarks all over her body." Said Roberts: "I actually have a birthmark at the base of my spine, which I was teased about a great deal when I was a little kid. It was a physical marking that made me different, and that made me the target of verbal abuse and teasing and bullying. So, that was really grown from an autobiographical part of my life." The third verse is about a boy who is not physically different, but goes through an unusual religious ritual. The real inspiration was a girl, but Brad Roberts made her a boy for the lyric. He explained: "This girl that I knew, her parents were Pentecostal Christians, and they used to take her to church every week and do what they call 'speaking in tongues.' When Pentecostal Christians get together every Sunday, some of them are moved to speak spontaneously. They claim that the spirit has entered their body and what they are saying is simply a transmission of that spirit. It's not themselves speaking anymore, it is the holy word of God speaking through them. And the language that comes out, sometimes it's an ordinary language, but quite often it sounds like gibberish. For my friend, as a little child going to school, she found this terrifying, needless to say, because her parents were the people that ran her life. Every kid has those parental figures, and they seemed to lose their minds. They seemed to just become different people, and it really terrified her. It made a big mark on her, emotionally. It was a scarring experience, I would say

[@David-su4is]

❤ thank you.

[@lolalilolily]

Excellent comment 👌🏻

[@petervandervlies6427]

Thanks man, always wondered.

[@fenderfox5080]

What a cool bit of info, thanks!! Now when I listen I know a story most probably haven't ever heard it before

[@michelerainey4167]

Thanks, I remember when this song came out and I never knew this. Thanks so much for this comment!

[@anomystic]

Al the stories and characters are no different from each other. Everyone is dealing with personal shit. That’s the point. It’s beautiful

[@flip97gt]

That whole album was so musically brilliant, it was a work of art in and of itself. I invite anyone to listen to it from start to finish. There's been nothing like it since.

[@WorldOfPain666]

I listen to it quite often, God shuffled his feet

[@stancarlson2992]

You are definitely right about that.

[@gapjunction11]

Yes, one of my favorite albums ever!

[@sarakaster]

It's one of my all fav albums. One of a kind.

[@PMEgan64]

God Shuffled His Feet is IMO the best song on the album. It’s great start to finish, but that song was brilliant

[@southpawentertainment9594]

It helps when you realize that the band were all philosophy majors and made this album to get them through college

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

Really deep song, a song about outsiders and the way they are judged by others for things out of their control. The chorus was only supposed to be temporary whilst they figured out proper lyrics but the band loved the “mmm mmm mmm mmm” and thought it fit the song perfectly because it didn’t overpower the stories in the verses. It wasn’t meant to sound judgemental…the exact opposite in fact.

[@SuperHns]

exactly

[@3DJapan]

This band was real big for a couple years then kind of disappeared. One of my favorites was "Afternoons and Coffee Spoons"

[@klm23.98]

Their "Superman song" is a must if you like his voice.😃🔥🍁

[@sambirch6784]

I've always thought the song was about exclusion, each of the kids has something that sets them apart from the people around them - white hair, birth marks, extreme religion.

[@chazdarvy1507]

This was a golden era of originality that will never be back

[@speleokeir]

Lurch: Lurching is when you move haltingly or jerkily. e.g. Frankinstein or zombies lurch. A train lurches when it moves out of the station with a sudden jerk, etc.

[@keithboylan2867]

Or Lurch from the Addams Family?

[@speleokeir]

@@keithboylan2867 Exactly!

[@martyngrifhorst6484]

No, that’s in English/American , the band is from Australia. In Aussie speak to lurch means to hurl or throw up.

[@Itmustbe_bunnies]

@@martyngrifhorst6484 The band is Canadian, not Australian.

[@JMulvy]

The white hair thing is a real condition that happens sometimes with traumatic events. There was a family member of mine who went through a particularly traumatic "self-realization" (for lack of a better term) and when it was over, from that day forward, he always had bright white hair. Even though he was the youngest of the boys, when my mother cut his hair (she was a hairdresser) it would grow back white even though he used to have bright red hair.

[@Ian-if2lf]

going grey is normal, there is no condition (even shock) that can make dark hair.. grey , it was just his genetic time. even though he was youngest. I know a family of 4 brothers the 1st and 3dr have thick dark hair while the 2nd and 4th (being younger) are bald with more grey, its luck.

[@JMulvy]

@@Ian-if2lf not gray, white. Canities subita also called Marie Antoinette Syndrome or Thomas More Syndrome is an alleged condition of hair turning white overnight due to stress or trauma. Although a number of cases of rapid hair greying have been documented the underlying patho-physiological changes have not been sufficiently studied. In short, we do not have enough information on it because not enough study has been done on it.

[@Ian-if2lf]

@@JMulvy there are no reported scientifically recorded episodes of what you say , its like unicorns and the yeti , a myth, what you cut and pasted actually supports my comment. so thanks.

[@JMulvy]

@@Ian-if2lf Also, we have been able to hypothesize an explanation in certain mice studies. One study on mice found that stress caused white hair even if the immune system was suppressed (ruling out auto-immune response) and if the glands producing cortisol were removed. The study concluded that over-activation of the sympathetic nervous system was causing stem cells to stop producing pigment cells in hair follicles. Again, we do not have enough information to explain it in humans.

[@Ian-if2lf]

@@JMulvy Again your lack of studies supports my first point, you keep saying there is no evidence, so thanks.

[@heidia2199]

This is the most compassionate and tender songs I know. Very moving. It takes multiple listens to fully appreciate. Genius.

[@NotoriousCRG27]

I was obsessed w this song in college when it came out (do the math). It's still sounds unique and def stands out. I love that the singer/song writer didn't have a chorus so he just said "Mmmmm" during the demo & the band had him keep it. Good Eddie Vedder/Johnny Cash reference. I can hear it with this guy's deep voice

[@cometogether999]

In the church, it sounds like they're describing Pentecostals.

[@benmackie6322]

Because that's exactly what it is.

[@ac9062]

I just now got this after reading the lyrics for the first time in this video. I always thought he was talking about the kid going to church and throwing up. But then I could never figure out why he threw up in church. 28 year mystery solved!

[@RaduRadonys]

Maybe American Pentecostals, not European ones. Because I have been to numerous Pentecostal churches in Europe and they are nothing like in this song.

[@adgato75]

@@RaduRadonys Yes , it is referring to American Pentecostal . This has been confirmed. The singer has even slipped in the word "Pentecostal" into the song during live performances.

[@00xero]

You guys, don't be scared to just say sometimes "wow, this song is freaking weird" haha

[@CW_9]

"Like Beck's grandpa" was freakin hilarious lol

[@davidpowell2356]

You guys have clearly never grown up in a religiously followed vacuum as kids. This song is powerful.

[@gabrielplattes6253]

Hear, hear. 💣💥

[@hankson8]

They are not hating, they are trying to understand the meaning, first time I didn’t know what to make of it until hearing others explain

[@mickaelmatias6891]

You never grown up in a satanic illuminated familly

[@dianeshields6988]

I saw an interview with Brad Roberts, the singer from Crash Test Dummies, all three of the verses were written about a certain experiences of his childhood with other true stuff mixed in. I love this song.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

This song has so much meaning. Kids come into this world and exist in all kinds of circumstances, some so different than our own. But to them, that's all they've ever known and it just is. They can't explain it. Not even the adults can explain it. Mmmm Mmmm, they may wonder sometimes, but you're a kid so you just have to live with with it, so Mmmmm Mmmm there's the acceptance of it. I really like this song.

[@DaveThomson]

They as in the church folk and his parents shook and lurched. (Holy spirit took over) - the boy couldn't explain. Probably thought it was ridiculous like some of us.

[@mrthud1981]

It describes a church that people speak in tongue.

[@scottmitchell2757]

This is a very conceptual and thought provoking album. Called God Shuffled his feet. Back in the day of pioneer home stereos with 15 in subs.. My very best friend Daniel before he died would have this cranking and thumping daily. The Bass track tone is clear and powerful. At first I was not a fan and was like WTF is this.. Now it's one of my favorite albums ever and is pure genius. The mixture of Brad's deep voice .. Though a little deeper than Vedders and Cash's your description made alot of sense .. His and the female voice is really perfect and mixed perfect on that album. His face was probably my face for the first many playing of the this album but I'm here to tell you . It's a masterpiece in many ways. Good for the soul and mind and really is timeless. It is very different but once it gets under your skin. Your glad it did. To this day its on any long road trip. It's a staple. You should check out... swimming in your ocean by them from this album.

[@kivalouise]

There was a ritual for those who played in the band and hired guns (myself included) that you must see Brad's birthmark. Pulled down his draws. It was large, and apparently if it had been about a half inch over (towards the spine) he probably would have had spina bifida. Later on in the 1994 world tour, he got a bit bored with the verses and made up some different ones. The one I recall the most (maybe it was the only different one) was about a boy named Scott Bell and keeping his tonsils in a jar. Weird Al covered the song and called it Headline News, with verses about headlines at the time. He played with us twice, showing up on stage unannounced. We brought out kazoos to play the outro. He loved that, calling us good sports.

[@jamescoleman8954]

The blank look on Brad’s face while listening to this it’s just so funny, can I imagine what’s in his head 😂🤣

[@sirslice]

Musical concreate?

[@yensilluap]

Lurching is like jerking around uncontrollably - this is such a quirky song😂 I love your Eddie Vedder and Jonny Cash comment about the vocal - it’s true! I bought this song when it first came out - I think the music itself and the production is so appealing and unusual.

[@SG-js2qn]

This song is different, because usually people are directly telling you what to think about something. He just lays it out, and you think about it for yourself. He does have a message, so it's not completely random. In negative space he talks about how kids want to fit in, but we all come from slightly different circumstances, so we're not the same.

[@hectorae86]

"people are directly telling you what to think about something" That is only the case in almost ALL modern day music/film/art

[@jschroeders]

The song is about the kids who were thought as odd or different. The entire album is incredible. Very interesting.

[@Handletakenlol]

Lol I'm pretty sure the church kid was a Pentecostal. I was ... growing up I saw some s***.....Seen a lady dance across another lady's face in high heels and didn't leave a mark! We weren't the snake handling kind, we were just the floor lurching kind. 🤣

[@garyhondel9020]

I just discovered this song myself and I LOVE IT!! I can't get enough of it. I appreciate how inventive it is and the chorus is beautiful. It doesn't have to make sense. It's how it makes you feel. It isn't a tax audit.

[@jackndan6603]

Wow, this is a cool song. Try the superman song. Never heard a voice like this .🇨🇦. Keep it up you guy's. Liking the reactions...

[@jasonsmith1402]

Forgot this song even existed… lol

[@sirslice]

Both The Superman Song and Peter Pumpkinhead would make their heads explode.

[@druidswillow1052]

Hi B&L Still loving your reactions! Lex is lovable but completely mental in a nice way! Ancient chinese proverb sums this song up "I wept because I had no shoes, Until I met a man who had no feet" All the best from across the pond Jim, Surrey, England X

[@endysdoodoo]

The first kid who's hair turned white is a something he had read that when your in a traumatic event that your hair can instantly change color so he added it within the song. The second verse the singer has birth marks on his lower back so he used part of his experience but wrote it about a girl. The last verse about the church was about a friend of his that grew up in an extremely strict house and the parents would make him go to church when the singer and friends would be playing. Brad Robert's the singer came to the band with the song and no chorus. I belive he was just humming and the band said you don't need a chorus it's good like this so he continued to hum it.

[@neillenet291]

Lurch make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger. "the car lurched forward"

[@shanehebert396]

I like CTDs... their songs aren't for everyone but I have several of their albums and like pretty much everything on them. They are definitely different... in both sound and content. "God Shuffled His Feet", "Afternoons and Coffeespoons", "In the Days of the Caveman", "Swimming In Your Ocean", "How Does a Duck Know?", "Two Knights and Maidens", etc. "Lurch" is to stagger around... jerky, uncontrolled movements. Basically, the kid went to one of the churches that practiced speaking in tongues and stuff, and they say that's worse than being in a car crash, etc.

[@dogstar75]

one of their later songs, Keep a lid on things, is a bit out there. still great though.

[@maclean2440]

I got to see them live about 10 years ago in a small venue. One of the best shows I have seen. Brad Roberts is also hilarious so it was like a combined music and stand up comedy show.

[@dogstar75]

@@maclean2440 i'm seeing them in London, next year. Playing 'God Shuffled His Feet' album for the 25 year anniversary (postponed from 2020)

[@pantlessreactions]

"God Shuffled His Feet" is av great song by them too

[@Guy_de_Loimbard]

"Once, there was this kid who... took a trip to Singapore and brought along his spray paint..."

[@BlakeSakalMusic]

Lol the Eddie Vedder/ Johnny Cash comparison was dead on.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

BLIND MELON "NO RAIN" (OFFICIAL. MUSIC VIDEO A MUST)

[@wompa70]

With furrowed brows, "You could say that. You could say that. I appreciate it." Y'all are phenomenal. I fully understand that some of my favorite songs are Just Plain Weird.

[@Villagelark]

may sound dumb, but I honestly can’t wrap my head around the fact that so many people prefer “not weird” music 😅

[@jamiewilson9280]

This is my default song to sing when I’ve got a sore throat. I am always very impressed. Low-key brag!

[@willasacco9898]

I would like to do that, but my voice is even more horrible when sore.

[@darrenbent7601]

I loved this song when it first came out. I thought that the kids mentioned in the song were incredibly brave.

[@andrewmdk9038]

The music video really adds to the song. Helps tell the story...definitely check it out on the side. Oh...and 'Afternoons and Coffeespoons' is a really fun song by Crash Test Dummies 👍☺

[@CarlFredrik-uo1cu]

One of the most Canadian songs of all time. This is the type of songs that starts playing on your carradio right after you've been in a carcrash on your way to a curling-match in Winnipeg, crashing into a moose, and ending up spelling poutine on you flannel shirt. That's what it's all abooooot

[@agabrielrose]

Hell yeah. This band rules. Try Superman's Song or Knights and Maidens.

[@stephengilbert8746]

and their cover of XTC's The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead!

[@nathanieltillman2355]

"You like it so far?" "I appreciate it." I think that is the only answer to this song. I was a teenager when this came out and it was hit for many of us that didn't mold.....then it was the 90s and no one actually fitted ant mold. It took me years to realise that even the popular kids struggled at school. The lack of explanation is the point, we are all different and that's ok. There doesn't need to a reason.

[@macgonzo]

A close friend of mine went to see them live back in the day, and instead of the mmmm bit, they sang "f*cking shitty, f*cking shitty", explaining that that's what they wanted to have in the song, but couldn't (for obvious reasons).

[@andyc1318]

You guys shook check out weird al’s parody of this song. It’s called “headline news”. Also another crash test dummies song that would be good to react to is Superman Song.

[@Petteriks]

This is part of my childhood / early youth memories sounds. I remember the video being played back then on MTV.. here in Finland. Good times 💜

[@tonyberezowski7859]

Interesting choice for an introduction to this band. I never found them to be great, but such a different style that I can enjoy them on occasion. Their debut album in 1991 had a number of good songs, my favourite being The Ghosts That Haunt Me.

[@OriginalMergatroid]

To me, this song has always been about kids being called out for things that are beyond their control. The boy with the white hair, the girl with the birth marks, the boy with the whacko parents (lurch means to suddenly move in a direction, like a jerk). There are some people who belong to churches where they freak out and have spasms on the floor. I think this is what they were referring to, and again what his parents did was beyond the boys control. Brad Roberts has such an awesome voice. Check out The Superman Song. Another of their hits.

[@JedLemon38]

This is meant to be listened to as an album. The songs are unique and interesting and flow nicely. My favorite is Swimming in Your Ocean. Great love song.

[@TenTonNuke]

I cannot hear this song without hearing Weird Al. "And so she hired someone to club her in the kneeeeeeee caps."

[@USNGeauxTigers]

Brad's confused heavy sigh at 4:47 made me laugh.

[@TreyBlythe]

Watching the video for this song would go a long way in helping you "get" it.

[@sharonsnail2954]

True. What gets me is Brad "needs" the lyrics then doesn't understand a basic word "lurch". Worse he doesn't look it up.

[@benmackie6322]

Moral of the story is: Be appreciative of what you have, someone always has it worse than you. "But both boy and girl were glad" " Cause one kid had it worse than that"

[@paulluna8099]

Brad finally got it. That's exactly what the song is about.

[@someoldatheist6712]

Yes but lets not ignore the low key swipe at Pentecostals, holiness, or really anyone that practices speaking in tongs and nonsense like that.

[@jamesfetcho6315]

Exactly Brad finally got it. 👍😁👍

[@paulluna8099]

@@someoldatheist6712 Brad did acknowledged the slight at religious extremist.

[@marvintammy]

😂😂 you guys are so great, love your takes on these songs. Lol

[@Souldoubtrocks]

We knew it was bound to happen. Brads brain has vapor locked. 😝

[@RobertMaxwellMediaCorp]

You know it ain't going on Lex's playlist when her eyes dart around nervously and she uses the word "artistic" lmao

[@mangerinegirl]

Believe it or not, this band is actually very comedic and talented. They have a great sense of humor and are musically a breath of fresh air. I agree, this one always reminded me that as bad as my day could be, it could always be worse. And the crickets at the end lead into the next song on the album, which is about cavemen. That’s a fun song if you want to check it out! “In the Days of the Caveman”

[@acy2004]

I remember when this would play on Much Music (Canadian version of MTV) back in the day. This song was popular when it came out. That chorus sure stays stuck in your head. If someone compares your voice to Eddie Vedder’s… it’s definitely a compliment. Great reaction guys 🙋🏻‍♀️🙌🏼👏🏼👍🏼💜🇨🇦

[@JBD901]

Eddie Vedder made me love the "yarl" singing technique.

[@jindas4217]

I've always loved this song. His voice is great, the musicians are great...it's just, as "quirky" as it is, it's a great song.

[@rossmacintosh5652]

Brad Roberts, the singer, would probably like the idea that he was Eddy Vedder's & Johnny Cash's love child. ❤❤ Please react to the Crash Test Dummies other hits = Superman's Song and The Ballad of Peter Pumpkin-head.

[@jhutchtor1]

I prefer the original PPH done by XTC in '92.

[@waynecatterton5127]

You HAVE to check out the Weird Al Yankovic version called "Headline News", it's hilarious.

[@garethnicholas4943]

There are two kinds of reaction channels: those that have done Weird Al and those that are going to.

[@franknabozny6062]

1 million percent %%

[@waynecatterton5127]

@@garethnicholas4943 I grew up with Weird Al, and it was always fun guessing which song he was going to parody next. But there isn't anyone like Weird Al, saw him in concert and it's an experience, it's not a concert, it's an experience!

[@FlaminV]

Lightning crashes by Live

[@mountainbikemayhem1833]

Any number of Live songs…but Lightning Crashes is a big one

[@mikeriddle383]

Wow, started at the top of the replys, and started thinking that they should listen to this just for their discussion on its meaning to them. I'm guessing yall thought along the same lines. Cool.

[@daveg5590]

Props to you guys for running this song. It's a masterpiece. Loved your reactions. Peace out from Oz ❤ Keep it up ✌️

[@eduardojuselinodiazmartine4271]

Eddie Vedder + Johnny Cash... That comment just dropped me to the floor in laughter...but you know what? That's actually very accurate

[@reboot_2.00]

“Shook and lurched all over the church floor”. We used to call them the “holy rollers”. I had a schoolmate that had a white patch in the middle of his hair after a severely traumatic accident!

[@davekemp1808]

Brad Roberts has one of my all time favourite singing voices. If you really want to be blown away, check out videos on here (just various audio clips) and his vocal range will make your eyes pop out.

[@rblibit]

They are known as "Holy Rollers" - They dance and get WILD in church!

[@kinginthenaught]

in some churches its common for people to speak in gibberish and fall to the floor shaking with the power of christ or whatever

[@Soljarag5]

I saw this first hand when my cousin invited me to a church event (I was like 11 years old)... Needless to say that was the last time I trusted going anywhere he picked

[@manguy2000]

Listening to the Weird Al Yankovic parody version will help you better understand lol

[@paulshaw9953]

Afternoons and Coffee Spoons was my favourite song by them, was the follow up single from them

[@SilentBob731]

"If Eddie Vedder and Johnny Cash had a baby" I literally said "Dayum!". 🤣

[@pamx1980]

It was popular as people said. The mmm chorus was actually meant to have lyrics, but when they put what they had so far with the improvisation they were told it sounded pretty good as it was. This song sounds better with the video for some reason. Love your reactions, you’re the cutest.

[@davidblauyoutube]

I had no idea that Beck's grandfather was the bastard love child of Eddie Vedder and Johnny Cash. Who knew? KEKW I love the commentary, these reactions are amazing! Keep it up!

[@nrdztx]

Dumb and Dumber!! When Lloyd showed up with the hog.

[@FURTHER_ADO]

Well, forgive me Mr Perfect! I forgot you never ever made a mistake!

[@dvdgway]

@@FURTHER_ADO I'm crying 😂😂

[@FURTHER_ADO]

@@dvdgway Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you do something like this....AND TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!

[@dvdgway]

@@FURTHER_ADO one of the greatest movies ever

[@PizzardofWoz152]

😂😂such a great moment!!! lololol

[@Smirge]

i just heard Jim Carrey in my head yell "Oh, well pardon me Mr. PERFECT! I guess I forgot that you never ever make a mistake!"

[@rexbrowning1436]

You got to do the Weird Al version of this song

[@MusikIsUniversal]

Shaking and lurching all over the church floor reminds me of Pentecostal churches where they catch the Holy Ghost and their body shakes erratically as a vessel as the Holy Ghost moves through them. This was always my interpretation of that verse growing up. Brad, you nailed it. It's about relativism.

[@flatebo1]

A few sects are based pretty much entirely on those kinds of ecstatic trances - Shaker, Quakers, Holy Rollers, Whirling Dervishes to name a few. They use a variety of means to work themselves up into a frenzy and just let the experience take them for a ride. But it can be off-putting to people who don't come from that kind of religious tradition, which most people don't.

[@MusikIsUniversal]

@@flatebo1 Agreed.

[@krzysztofherdzik1500]

"Oh. Well. Pardon me, mr PERFECT! I guess I forgot that you never ever make make a MISTAKE!"

[@kennylaysh2776]

omg you reacted to this, LOL. I remember this was all over the place, when it came out. Watching Brad and Lex try to make sense of this insane song has me crying laughing so hard. The church part is about Pentecostal churches, people that get very....animated and stuff in church (I had been in them as a kid too).

[@garethwilkinson3456]

I did assembly at Welsh (UK) school every morning for 7 years. Great to sing hymns in the end. This song sounds like a hymn.

[@chriswilcox2115]

About 20 years ago I was in prison with a dude who had a full head of gray hair at the age of 24 because of nerve damage caused by a car accident. Shit really happens. Not a big CTD fan but this is legit one of the greatest songs ever. A buddy of mine once spoke with the band and asked where the idea for the song came from and they said like most of their songs it was based on a poem by T.S. Eliot. You should check out their cover of the Replacement's "Androgynous."

[@godsspeedify]

I remember hearing this song when it first came out on the radio in the 90s. Wait till you hear the Superman song

[@jonnno2439]

I think you would also like Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed, and Ends, by Everlast

[@bigguncannon1]

When this song was popular it was inescapable. I was in a bar and when this song came in the entire bar sang along. I have never had that happen before or since, everyone loved this song.

[@jons7e]

1. this song is brought to you by the makers of Cambells soup 2. Lex has baby fever

[@dopy8418]

It means be happy, some people have it much worse than you…

[@troywilliams2777]

We all have our problems but there is always someone else out there who has it worse.

[@DrHappybone]

Lex, you crack me up! Your reply to Brad saying he wants to know more about the boy's story.. "It doesn't matter apparently" XD I think the "lurching and shaking on the church floor" is referring to those crazy churches where people speak in tongue and start shaking in the aisles and junk like that.

[@adgato75]

Yep. That is exactly what it refers to

[@serfillustrated4018]

"If Vedder had a baby with Cash" lmfao... that has to be the most original thing ive heard.. but i really can see what you mean.. its a terrifying and genius observation .. lol

[@rontuengel5849]

Need to see this live!!!! The entire audience is singing every word and it sounds amazing!!!

[@texthit]

Another good one hot wonder , Harvey Danger Flagpole sitter.

[@dvdgway]

Yesssssss

[@MusicLover-wo7ig]

The comment from Lex about an onlooker witnessing all the drama and just going, mmmm, cracked me up. Heard this song so mamy times and never thought about it that way.

[@Coinmancer]

I went to many churches growing up trying to find something I didnt know what. I went to my neighbors church and it was almost 100& african american. The preacher would touch their heads and they would fall on the floor shaking and speaking in tongues... it was like a scary movie... The weirdest thing is my cousin, she went for the first time... and she was one of those people who fell and shook too... so I know she wasnt in on it... its a psychological thing that can control people apparently... like hypnotism.